Yesterday,
I was told,
while in my writing persona,
that I was a woman
(that was correct)
and couldn’t possibly understand
the economics of a certain situation
(that was so NOT correct).
Yes, ouch.
And that man who dared
to express that idiocy
likely represented
dozens or more men
who had thought it.
“Ernst & Young held
a day-and-a-half-long
leadership-and-empowerment seminar
for about 30 female executives
that described the differences
between men’s and women’s brains
and instructed women on
how to dress
to keep their male co-workers
from getting too horny.”
That seminar had been approved
by the management
of that major accounting firm.
They clearly believed
that women were inferior
intellectually
to men
and were responsible
for their male coworkers’
unprofessional behavior.
We face people like this
every freakin’ day.
Often we don’t know
they hold these antiquated views.
Be aware of this.
Adjust for it
but don’t allow it to stop you
from changing the world.